The document submitted to the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) 73 does not seek a delay to the implementation date of the 2020 sulphur cap, countries and organizations that cosponsored the paper said in a...

German carrier Hapag-Lloyd has developed its own marine fuel recovery mechanism aimed at curbing the impact of fuel price hikes stemming from the 2020 sulphur cap.
Hapag-Lloyd joins liner giants such as Maersk Line, MSC...

Stolt-Nielsen’s CEO, Niels Stolt-Nielsen, believes the costs stemming from the industry’s switch to compliant fuels as of January 2020, should be met by customers.
Namely, as of January 1st, 2020, all ships will have to...

The importance of securing a reasonable level of safety of MARPOL and SOLAS compliant fuels as of January 1, 2020, seems to have lost on importance even at the level of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the...

The Port of Singapore, one of the leading global bunker ports, is gearing up for the IMO’s new sulphur regulations that will change the landscape for the bunker industry.
Namely, as of January 1, 2020, the shipping...

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) expects a significant level of non-compliance with the 2020 sulphur cap, especially in the early implementation years.
In its recently released Reference Case...

The supporters of exhaust gas cleaning technology (scrubbers) have joined forces to support the uptake of the technology ahead of the 2020 Sulphur Cap.
Namely, companies from the cruise and commercial shipping sectors,...

Monaco-based shipowner Scorpio is going to invest heavily in the installation of exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) on board its ships to become compliant with the 0.5 sulphur limit on marine fuels entering into...

Despite the fact that heavy fuel oil has been the fuel of choice for the global bulker fleet, Wood Mackenzie estimates that scrubbers will be installed on less than 1 percent of the bulker fleet in 2020.
There are...